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Mother Jones:
Donald Sterling Is a Registered Republican — Does it really matter whether racist LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling is a registered Democrat? Or a Republican? Or a member of the Pirate Party of Russia? — Well, according to multiple conservative media outlets, yes, it does matter.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / TIME:
Welcome to the Finger-Wagging Olympics — It's time to look at ourselves — and our collective moral outrage — in the mirror, says former NBA player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. — Moral outrage is exhausting. And dangerous. The whole country has gotten a severe case of carpal tunnel syndrome …
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Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Conservatives Called Him A Democrat, But Sterling Is Registered Republican — Over the weekend, while nation-wide attention was focused on the racist comments reportedly made by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, some conservative commentators were focused on something else: Sterling's party affiliation.
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Donald Sterling and the Neverending Fantasy of ‘Democrat’ Racism — Oh, how eager the conservative press is to call Donald Sterling a Democrat! It's all part of their larger fantasy narrative about conservatism and race. — My Twitter feed yesterday was full of clucking conservatives challenging …
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Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Donald Trump on Donald Sterling comments: ‘The girlfriend from hell’
Donald Trump on Donald Sterling comments: ‘The girlfriend from hell’
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Dave Zirin / thenation.com/blogs/163256:
Donald Sterling: Slumlord Billionaire
Donald Sterling: Slumlord Billionaire
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Michael McCann / Sports Illustrated:
What's next for NBA in Donald Sterling case from a legal standpoint?
What's next for NBA in Donald Sterling case from a legal standpoint?
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Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Kerry Warns Israel Could Become ‘An Apartheid State’ — The secretary of state said that if Israel doesn't make peace soon, it could become ‘an apartheid state,’ like the old South Africa. Jewish leaders are fuming over the comparison. — If there's no two-state solution …
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Michael Wilner / Jerusalem Post:
US State Department does not deny Kerry's Israel ‘apartheid’ warning
US State Department does not deny Kerry's Israel ‘apartheid’ warning
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Politico and Israel Matzav
Washington Post:
Rep. Michael Grimm, facing federal charges, surrenders to FBI — NEW YORK — Rep. Michael G. Grimm (R-N.Y.) surrendered Monday morning to federal authorities in New York as he faces multiple charges connected to a restaurant business he operated before entering Congress in 2011 …
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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
FBI Arrests and Rips Rep. Michael Grimm, an Ex-FBI Agent
FBI Arrests and Rips Rep. Michael Grimm, an Ex-FBI Agent
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Politico
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obamacare's Poll Numbers Improve In Republican Districts — WASHINGTON — Attitudes toward the Affordable Care Act continue to shift in the law's favor, even in Republican-held congressional districts, a new poll set to be released Monday by a Democratic firm will show.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Fox News Tries And Fails To Get Any Details About The GOP's Obamacare Replacement
Fox News Tries And Fails To Get Any Details About The GOP's Obamacare Replacement
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Sorry Democrats, Obamacare is still electoral kryptonite
Sorry Democrats, Obamacare is still electoral kryptonite
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Washington Examiner, The Heritage Foundation, AEIdeas, The Huffington Post and Real Clear Politics
Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
The Sacrilegious Sarah Palin — Man, the 12 minute speech Sarah Palin gave to the NRA convention is awful. It's just witless, red-meat blathering, delivered in that nasal whine of hers that makes it sound like she's chewing wads of tinfoil. For people who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like.
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
No, Sarah Palin, Baptism Isn't A Good Punchline For A Terrorist Joke
No, Sarah Palin, Baptism Isn't A Good Punchline For A Terrorist Joke
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Announcement Of Additional Treasury Sanctions On Russian Government Officials And Entities — Sanctions Target Seven Russian Government Officials, Including Members of the Russian Leadership's Inner Circle, and 17 Entities — WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated …
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Politico:
Wall Street Republicans' dark secret: Hillary Clinton 2016 — NEW YORK — The biggest parlor game on Wall Street and in corporate boardrooms these days is guessing whether former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will run for president and save the GOP's old establishment base from its rising populist wing.
Manu Raju / Politico:
Police investigating Cliven Bundy-related threats to Harry Reid — Federal law enforcement officials are investigating threats made against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the aftermath of his sharp-edged attacks against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, sources said Monday.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Howie Kurtz Turns On His Network Fox News For Its Silence On Bundy's Racist Comments (VIDEO)
Howie Kurtz Turns On His Network Fox News For Its Silence On Bundy's Racist Comments (VIDEO)
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Mediaite and New York Times
The News Star:
32 a.m.: Fifth District U.S. Rep. Vance McAllister won't seek re-election this fall but will complete his term. — As first reported at thenewsstar.com, McAllister, R-Swartz, said he and his wife Kelly made the final decision Monday morning. The couple is flying to Washington, D.C. together today as Congress goes back into session.
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Vance McAllister / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Vance McAllister won't seek reelection, The News-Star reports
Vance McAllister won't seek reelection, The News-Star reports
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Sasha Issenberg / The New Republic:
How the Democrats Can Avoid Going Down This November — The new science of Democratic survival — Voter data by TargetSmart Communications. — In late February, Barack Obama stood before a room of his party's governors at a Washington fund-raiser and offered a new explanation …
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Politics don't belong in science fiction: Column — A writer shouldn't be punished for his political beliefs. — There was a time when science fiction was a place to explore new ideas, free of the conventional wisdom of staid, “mundane” society, a place where speculation replaced group think …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Sarah Palin soldiers on as a diminished figure in the Republican Party — Republican Sarah Palin isn't running for office, but the former Alaska governor is running around the country campaigning for the midterms. How powerful are her political endorsements? PostTV takes a look.
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PoliticusUSA, The Week and Taylor Marsh
Joshua Fisher / NCAdvertiser.com:
Paul Simon, Edie Brickell charged with domestic violence — 12:57 PM — No protective order was issued against Paul Simon or Edie Brickell Monday afternoon in court. Typically after a domestic violence incident an order is issued by the court. But Judge William Wenzel agreed with Simon and Brickell …
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Gothamist, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post:
NARAL successfully lobbies Google to take down ‘deceptive’ pregnancy center ads — Google is removing Web search ads for some “crisis pregnancy centers,” after an investigation by NARAL Pro-Choice America found evidence that the ads violate Google's policy against deceptive advertising.
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ThinkProgress, The Daily Caller, LifeNews.com and Feministing
US-CERT:
Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability Being Actively Exploited — US-CERT is aware of active exploitation of a use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. This vulnerability affects IE versions 6 through 11 and could lead to the complete compromise of an affected system.
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